dr this resulted in the charges being leveled against them now they will remain in custody until september when they will face a closed door as trial but russia is accused of being a little quick on the truth when it comes to labeling people spies they say that there isn't enough evidence to link these people to to moscow and says that the russians all the only people that think that russia has jumped the gun a few times on labeling people spice. judges or. anyone i guess is just. that has been. lost to wiesel thirteen people arrested on espionage charges now nine of those were found guilty just last week and hunted down sentences ranging between eleven years and fourteen years now in itself there has been. an outcry against this we're hearing from a daily newspaper. of what they meant to be determined to be

a witch hunt going on against anybody who opposes saakashvili they say that to start off it was businessmen then it was politicians and scientists and now the new target all of this which is journalists should say saakashvili is trying to use these spy saugus as it would to to try and put himself across as a hero in school political points you are. you are. you are. you know. because. he's never. his eyes who are his life. and they say that anybody runs the risk of having themselves labeled a spy and having their reputation brought the drug through the mud like that should they stand up against saakashvili. a correspondent payroll over there was his

opposition leader and in a budget adds a told us about the evidence that the authorities are claiming they've got could have been obtained under pressure but it's not just education one person who always done the right it is giving such kind of explanations they specially had to take into account that she was arrested not only himself but his wife too and they have a very small child to live but have been released on thursday. was the week that photographer mentioned so of course it's quite difficult for me to say one hundred percent what is behind us that watches a situation but i think george it's time to time with everything had scandals beach condo had no real legal outcomes and we never saw any kind of real human patients that government you think right now government decided to read journalist care why symbolically because the government we're trying to control everybody and

everything until now we didn't just need to even one of you didn't. know what some of the key thing is to really see when you have a chronic problem being cited when you have problems with social and health care when you have a problem we. mentary a rule for a law and the rights of the people when you lost your country twenty percent of thirty thirty because the you know i made the question but it is responsible action you should find somebody who will be guilty in everything we can go wrong in the country big very old political technique and this is just quite easy to explain this russian saga and to me and everything would be wrong the country linked was russian so saakashvili creating things i cannot say i mean me and trying to delete everybody who is against quemoy against he's a regime and who is fighting for deal democracy in this country he is trying to link was russian. and more news tonight it's fair that around two hundred people

could have been killed in a series of explosions that shook the city of up or down in turkmenistan some local reports say the blast happened to me nation's death toll the government continues to claim it was a fireworks factory state officials haven't confirmed any casualties the affected area that was cordoned off and closed off for and train police are being ordered to detain anyone who tries to take pictures or mobile phone footage of it many people can't contact their families and friends because disruption of telephone by the special governmental commissions reportedly being set up to investigate the closure to understand that a very secretive is a very sick with their state with internet being banned until recently we contacted the editor of a human rights website in turkmenistan and it was from a information is mean you've. written much starting from yesterday people began returning to the town the fires have been put out the locals are no helping soldiers to clean up according to reports the number of casualties and those who died because of injuries has reached nine hundred but we have to verify this

information i cannot guarantee its reliability but it's certainly more than two hundred people many died in hospital the residents of about down are no longer in a state of panic but some are still looking for their family members and i can't say that the situation is calm in some remote regions people aren't aware of what's happened as they have no internet access some are perhaps unhappy as the would like the president to announce a state of mourning or express his condolences it seems that their forty's aren't willing to admit that there are casualties there's no official theory as to the causes of the explosion initially there was an opinion that the fire happened because of very hot weather frankly speaking it's hard for me to tell therefore i won't be drawing any conclusions as four witnesses many servicemen who were guarding those warehouse died in the fire. will continue to bring up to date on that story as we get more information this is arctic coming up later in the program guilty until proven. innocent does the page coverage of u.s.

criminal cases but in the waters of the justice system here we go to report and concerns that many trials have been predators coming up in a few minutes. also find the young indian businessmen are looking good spire and innovate as they forge a path away from the country's long standing culture. next to the owner of the news the world's rupert murdoch is due to fly in to london to confront a crisis that is troubled british tabloid police now investigating the deletion of millions of e-mails that potentially valuable evidence in the phone hacking scandal the papers accused of snooping on the phone messages of politicians celebrities and victims of crime a number of arrests were made on friday including that of andy cools and he's the former editor of the paper who also served as the prime minister is media chief on the tabloids a former royal correspondent was also arrested both men were later released on bail the prime minister's announced two independent public inquiries as a result of the scandal meanwhile news of the world staff are preparing for its final edition sunday following the announcement of its closure i spoke to john

daunt who used to work for one of murdoch's newspapers the top media and political circles in the u.k. of two close. many of us were calling for a full public inquiry led by a judge and cameron has been dragged through this position he's now willing to let it happen six trimly embarrassing for at least part of what's called the chipping candombe set which is a rural part of britain he lives down there at the weekend rebecca brooks lives down there cern columnist lived down there and the whole set you can to make socially that set was a different set when labor in power with tony blair but all of that is too cozy and too comfortable if you don't have a real democracy you have to have a separation between the press surely and indeed the political establishment and the government of the day you also need to have separation between the judiciary and those two areas in britain and the united kingdom they've become too close over the last thirteen or fourteen years and i believe that last may. no ordinary people in britain their views have not really been represented either in the newspapers or

in the political arena that's bad for democracy so david cameron should start investigating himself as far as i'm concerned and why would your employer a man who's already had to resign over phone hacking allegations why would you take him to the heart of government where he could have access to top secret dossier as an information it's a sorry sorry day let me tell you not just for the british press but for british democracy. thoughts there john go on you can have your say on the story as well and a website we're still running a question tonight about see dot com we're asking if shutting down the news the world the right decision what do you think about that for the vast majority of you say yes because they think rupert murdoch's media dominance should be ended sixteen percent also say yes but for the reason that such tabloids are embarrassment to the british media fear of you believe the news of the world has been made a scapegoat and the least popular response so far is that it's the wrong decision

and that the papers current staff shouldn't be punished oh it's still a chance to have your say let us know you think about this big story in the u.k. log on to r.t. dot com. defectors from syria's security forces say they were given shoot to kill orders by their superiors when dealing with protesters he rights watch has published interviews with former soldiers and members of the security agencies involved in government crackdowns meanwhile tens of thousands took part in a rally in the city of hama on friday calling for president bashar assad to step down at least thirteen people were killed in mass demonstrations that erupted in other cities according to activists tanks were deployed in crackdowns on protesters earlier this week more than fourteen hundred people have been killed sometimes the government protests began in march syria's deputy foreign minister told r.t. that any interference in the country's affairs would end in disaster. serious position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the

military force of syria hands so even if the west is thinking of intervening we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance at least with any mental and with its internal affairs will drive this region into a disaster western countries are well aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular because of our political stand on the arab israeli conflict because of our achievements of success and our progress on the reforms track under the leadership of president bashar al assad what happened in syria can be. to spread like an epidemic across other arab countries in order to weaken israel in the west to impose their civilization a supremacy of values and mindset upon us very carefully and follow the signals west wants from us especially in view of the recent events and i must say that in truth they do not wish us well. i just let you know you watch the full interview with syria's deputy foreign

minister on r.t. throat sunday the us media has come under fire for its reporting of a number of high profile criminal trials the case of single mother casey anthony acquitted of murdering her two year old charlie ramos we as a bit of the central heated debate for years now and that is in a situation reports there are concerns that public opinion is on julie swayed by the headlines rather than the evidence. innocent until proven guilty it's a whole mark principle of the american justice system illegally often shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests young african black and brown subjects being sat down in the street and an obsessive kind of way fifty shots sixty sets laying on our stomach in our back as we run or as we walk or flee to beating suspects into offenses in cases of entrapment entrapment is not legal entrapment is getting someone to do something that they would normally do to perp walks that parade

suspects in handcuffs for the world to see. to a media frenzy devouring some cases and not others i find the need to be for the. guilty until proven guilty in these cases government is changing the laws so are you presumed guilty from the get go and how much of a role does the media play if you're accused of a penis crime it's going to be in huge headlines on page one when you're exonerated it's on page twenty seven below the fold to column inches and your neighbors somehow didn't manage to catch it that day so everyone still thinks you're a child molester not guilty take the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony murder case involving her two year old daughter the court of public opinion remains split from a court of justice all thanks to nonstop media coverage of the case for the past three years. it's crazy and i think it's great the average family did it but from

the media since she was going to go. in the case of former i.m.f. head dominique strauss kahn the media satisfied their gluttonous taste with extreme passion only for the case to crumble i think there should be a. media outlets are required to play your exoneration up as big and as long as your accusation this is rarely the case as dubious practices in the criminal justice system spread so does the finger pointing and questioning the future of human rights in the us where as we go on as americans and since the one news oh another lie. this is getting now going this is really good the principles that the u.s. once prided itself in our kind of fire suspects are having to fight their battles publicly from the minute they arrest and attempts to prove their innocence underlining that the discrepancies in the u.s. criminal justice system are alive and kicking this internal party in your. head in the program heading east we take you to the court of god should have seen seven

siberia it's a place where entrepreneurs single and fighting for so bright have a better lifestyle because his story coming up also this two. we're messing about on the river just outside moscow but why am i in a wetsuit to find out in just a few minutes. you will next that with a population of over a billion people india is a promising platform therefore for entrepreneurship but young india business went after a lot on their creativity innovation to find new ways to make profit is to spread street. downstairs in a dusty basement in delhi's okla neighborhood you'll find twenty six year old pitbull kamar this is one of several of his manufacturing sites it's small and bleak but it's one of the offices kamar uses to make sporting equipment including tents he's also working to mastermind a sports curriculum for hundreds of schools around india in an attempt to build an

empire that he hopes will change the sporting culture in his country forever there was no gap in the market there was you know no or very few quality offerings as far as the industry as a whole was concerned so. it's odd if you did the whole industry and right now he's the number one guy in india doing it in the short time his company has been around its profits have increased two hundred percent per month and he's been named one of the top ten young entrepreneurs in the country it's a massive undertaking especially in a country where studies have always been prioritized over sports but kamar is part of a growing movement of young people who believe that they can change cultural mentalities and implement new ideas in their country we have so many graduates coming over engineering and are going to do it every year even if a small percentage of them decide to go you know i don't condone companies it's

going to produce and you already written a thing that entrepreneurship is becoming a hot field for young people in india while many of the parents of the students on india's college campuses government medicine engineering is stable and prestigious the younger generation is seeing innovation as key to the future according to the indian government the number of small and medium enterprises in this country is rising by fifteen percent. while their peers in the west are struggling to find jobs during this financial crisis many leaders are encouraging their youth to continue to focus on innovation despite the unstable times we know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. we need to out innovate out educate and outbuild the rest of the world thanks a persecuted some believe could shift the power dynamics in the world i'm very sure the art in next. as far as you know vision was one of those who are going to prove themselves in india and many new startups there will be really

good chance of succeeding in the global stage kumar and his fellow entrepreneur is admit that starting a venture can be stressful but they try to focus on the positives they believe it has for themselves and their country making a difference. you believed in something you thought their look at this is this is what doesn't exist and i want to do something about it creating new jobs for their people while addressing their countries meet preassure either r t new delhi india. bring you up to date was more world view south sudan has become the world's newest vacation today following separation from the north thousands of people taking part in massive celebrations in the city the capital of a new state however the two separated countries still haven't reached agreement on my borders math or resources or the status of their citizens clashes over disputed territory still continue in some areas. pro palestinian activists have clashed with security forces in two separate incidents in the west bank some of the protestors

hold stones at israeli soldiers who responded with several arrests earlier about one hundred profilers to campaigns clashed with security forces of a major israeli checkpoint calling for the return of refugees to israel. and relays their place of fire tear gas the rest of up to sixteen hundred activists espousing now the cost of capital kuala lumpur those detained included several senior opposition officials the protest which was the biggest in the country for years was the culmination of weeks of pressure on the prime minister demanding electoral reforms ahead of national polls expected next year the national front spin in power now for almost six decades and there are growing and calls for a check each. time for russia close up to take you on a journey two thousand kilometers east of moscow if we go that.

and we're focusing on the mark in the quarter gun region it's located at the very tip of southern side bear and home to mountains and untouched landscapes sounds nice but the natural beauty of covergirl doesn't appeal to many of its residents these days in fact entire villages are becoming ghost towns as young people move to the cities examiner boyko for our team managed to find one place where the residents have a good reason to stay takes and. here we are in the village of castor early in the core grand region and for the past ten or fifteen years its population has been steadily increasing here is the reason why it's monday morning and alexander a former prison guard is it work testing the incoming employees for alcohol. if they're over the limit there is a choice to be cited for a no show and lose thirty percent of them on salary my job three kilometers and be

docked ten percent of that months wage. we do the testing every morning regardless of gender or position within the company that could be cool much that they will see it on their paycheck and that's a strong incentive not to drink you know working week in forced alcohol abstinence is the idea of this man alexander will tick off is the director of the still such plan and likes to extend his influence as far as possible a man of big ideas he had the very epitome of micromanagement for the past fifteen years he's been preaching to his employees how to make good sausages and how to live a good life he sure of the quality is a must it's the quality of the product to give you this job in the first place and it's the quality that determines whether you'll keep it. after firing dozens of workers for showing up drunk at work xander started laughing his employees on the harms of aka hall three times a day during with breaks. the holy roman emperor charlemagne said that those who

drank for the first time should be beaten with a stick those court for the second time should be beaten in public court for the third time should be hanged as a former boxer he's not shy about exercising his rule with an r in face and has built his version of the iron curtain around his plan with dozens of video cameras around the facility employees have no chance to circumvent the law of big brother on the off side thefts and no longer the issue. although the rules are very rigid and most people find it hard to comply but those who don't play by alexander's rules don't work here. alexander's drive to set the rules of the game doesn't and within his plan the only corporate tax payer in the village of four thousand people he's taken on a very wide notion of social responsibility using the plants profits he paved only local roads renovated the school and built the church and while he agrees that

modesty is a virtue his fondness of giving guidance and advice is evident wherever he goes you are it doesn't matter that you come from a village what matters most is to get a good education thank god we've got good teachers and behave well in school is that clear. but this approach has divided villagers the majority believe alexander is a blessing or a minority and primarily doe's who he's fired and not as impressed. as the old saying goes one man's meat is another man's poison not everybody in this village appreciates alexander philosophy and he's tenacity in spreading it around some people call him a control freak others to resort to more agricultural language his opponents also. some local officials who believe that alexander has too much power that infringes on their own authority but alexander accuses them of not doing enough for the people when i ask him whether he'd like to run for office he's response was

a resounding no because if you're blessed i think the whole purpose of power is to create to make life around you better and in this regard i have all the power that i need as for the iron fist i think every successful activity requires discipline strict discipline and it starts with me instead of waiting for somebody to come and do something i do it myself i may offend other people but sooner or later they'll understand that i was doing it for the wrong good. many historians make the case that russians prefer authoritarian leaders and tackling the deep problems of alcohol addiction and rural isolation need street discipline and total control good or bad in the xander scase it seems to have proved efficient a kind of boycott art see the village of just as they are here who are going to region. and slightly scary now water sports enthusiasts are flocking to the outskirts of moscow to bargain or to this weekend your speed boats are changing

hands at the unwary fair they're one of the sailors can buy or sell the used vessels party's top swap his works suit for a wetsuit find out more. if you're thinking about russia you're probably thinking about an awful lot of land but there's also an awful lot of water here and is this event today water world on the outskirts of moscow which is trying to show all the fun you could have around the water in russia there are three types of people who've come to this event today first of the look surest types they're here to look at to try out and maybe to buy books like. we're looking at a price tag of about half a million euros but inside no expense spared we had a look around some of these boats and on the indian side they really are on the look surest site second time the people here are literally people they've come here to relax on the flanks they've come here to drink cocktails in the sun and to watch the third time people be active people they've come here to take part in

a lot of the competitions here the sporting events wakeboarding the surfing competitions and they've come to try and show that you can have a lot of fun and be active in the water and i'm here to try and show that to by doing this. just trying to conceive of a good you can have in the hope that it will show up i'm going to go on the boat now i'm going to have a good time myself cheerio. graceful as a swarm was mean you did say in just over a quarter of an arts night with here saturday night sports update discover will be leading the way for me though once british crown pretty tomorrow is going to be has about but also out since a time when coming up soon she was one of the next few minutes that indeed is how the next pans out than here are to you from moscow with me kevin oh amy tonight.

spending the year in iraq is a military journalist. some ways to go in the u.s. contractors there's kind of wasting their time trying to get killed.

i thought oh was willing to give me my foot in my. view to the boat twenty seven days mutilated publicising people invited to make. these people started to be have a dialogue with this. charity the soldiers we've seen since the. now here in moscow you're watching the r t international news channel if we can we know

the top stories in the latest chapter of the georgian spy saga high profile photographers are in the spotlight now it's completely accuses them of working for moscow georgia claim just got video evidence to prove their guilt but skeptics say it's part of the government's agenda to push the russian hysteria. is fear hundreds of people have been killed in a blast in turkmenistan but there's confusion because state officials say there were no fatalities human rights groups are reporting that emissions fact up for the government is blaming a fireworks act. on the owner of the british tabloid accused of hacking into the phones of murder victims is heading to london to take charge of the escalating crisis as police make arrests the news of the world is now facing claims it's meddled with evidence as its final edition goes to print. we continue our journey around russia this time with martin andrews as he steps out of the capital and takes us on a tour of the country's second city. hello

and welcome to the program summer is the perfect time to visit russia a long weekend here in st petersburg is a must the former capital is bursting full of history and culture so join me as we visit major logs and take part in various fun filled activities and we start off here i suspect i six cathedral originally the city's main church and the largest cathedral in russia it was built between eight hundred eighteen and eight hundred fifty eight the french going on it takes months almost two centuries later the gilded do mostly isaac still dominates the skyline of st petersburg a trip to the top provides excellent views of the city coming from the russian

capital.